Ruggedness
How hilly a generated map's ground is, as a figure from 0 to 100.
- Applies to
- random map generation
- File
map seed file- Section
[RandomMap]- Value
- integer
- When omitted
0The map gets no hills.
Ruggedness sets how much the ground of a generated map rolls. The generator’s hill pass raises and lowers the ground by up to two levels, and a higher value makes those rises and falls steeper and more uneven. At 0 and 1 the map gets no hills. Map seed files covers the section the key is written in.
[RandomMap]Ruggedness=40The hill pass works across the map one cell at a time. Each cell starts from the heights of the neighbors already set and then takes a random step. Ruggedness controls two parts of that step. The step tends to continue the slope of the neighboring ground, by a tenth of a level plus a thousandth per point. A higher value also lets the steps vary more widely. Hills lists the cells whose height the pass leaves alone, such as those holding tiberium or a building.
Cliffs are set separately: RegionSize controls the sharp height changes between regions, and Ruggedness the gentler slopes laid over them afterward.
When a map is generated from a file, a value below 0 becomes 0 and one above 100 becomes 100.
RegionSize, Accessibility